A Simple Discovery (Primary Title)
Sporting Discoveries; or The Miseries of Shooting (Series Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed beneath image in center: A SIMPLE DISCOVERY. / Having spent an almost sleepless night, your mind so earnestly engaged on the promised sport of the / next day you rise long before the lark; and, after a hurried walk of five Miles, you arrive at the well / known Stile, as the Day Breaks, you then Discover that your Powder Flask is empty./ London, Published Feby, 1st. 1816, by S & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 10a" and "41"
Paul Mellon Collection
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